Monthly Archives: February 2014

Great Grandmother’s Blanket?

Posted on February 22, 2014 by brushedwithmystery

I found my great-grandmother’s baby photo in the bottom of a trunk. Her name was Laura Bedell by marriage. I really would never have known it was her save the hand written note attached to it. I recognized my grandfather’s … Continue reading →

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Granfather’s Journal (16 years old): Chapter 5

Posted on February 21, 2014 by brushedwithmystery

Soon afterwards I commenced to go to Queen Elisabeth Grammar School in High Barnet. It was not a real boarding school but the headmaster took in a few boys and I was duly installed as one of the few. The … Continue reading →

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A Captured Trench

Posted on February 21, 2014 by brushedwithmystery

My family seemed to know that they were a part of history; not that they were notables or history makers for anyone other than their own loving family, but a disproportionate amount of them (women included) seemed to have a … Continue reading →